2023 GT2 European Series explained

The 2023 Fanatec GT2 European Series is the third season of the GT2 European Series. The season began on 21 April at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and will end on 7 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Calendar

For 2023 the opening round of the season was moved back to Monza, after having been to Imola for the 2022 season. The series will also be heading to Dijon and Portimão for the first time, while not returning to Spa or Misano.^[1]

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy	21–23 April	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	26–27 May	Histo-Cup Austria
3	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France	16–17 June	FFSA GT Championship
4	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão, Portugal	22–23 July	British GT Championship
5	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain	15–17 September	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
6	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	6–7 October	FFSA GT Championship

Series news

This season sees the introduction of the Iron Cup, awarded to the top Pro-Am or Am entry of drivers with a combined age of over 100 years.^[2]
The minimum driver age requirement got removed, allowing for drivers younger than 40 years to compete.

Entry list

Team	Car		Drivers	Class	Rounds
PK Carsport^[3]	Audi R8 LMS GT2	1	Stienes Longin	PA	All
PK Carsport^[3]	Audi R8 LMS GT2	1	Peter Guelinckx	PA	All
Ebimotors^[4]	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport	5	Aurelijus Rusteika	Am	1–3, 5–6
		5	Mantas Janavicius	Am	1–3, 5–6
		911	Leonardo Gorini	Am	1–5
			Nicolas Gomar^[5]		2
			Bastien Chesaux		3
Haupt Racing Team^[6]	Mercedes-AMG GT2	7	Jörg Viebahn	Am	2
Haupt Racing Team^[6]		7	Mario Plachutta	Am	2
Fanatec by HRT^[7]		44	Jens Liebhauser	Am	1
Fanatec by HRT^[7]		44	Thomas Jackermeier	Am	1
Iron Lynx^[8]		8	Donovan Privitelio	Am	1
Iron Lynx^[8]		8	Luciano Privitelio	Am	1
Manthey Racing	Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport	10	Christoph Breuer	Am	1
			Christoph Breuer	PA	3
			Marco Holzer	PA	3
LP Racing^[9] ^[10]	Maserati MC20 GT2	12	Leonardo Gorini	PA	6
	Maserati MC20 GT2	12	Luca Pirri	PA	6
	Audi R8 LMS GT2	18	Pierre Kaffer	PA	1–4, 6
		18	Michael Doppelmayr	PA	1–4, 6
		67	Henry Hassid^[11]	PA	All
		67	Anthony Beltoise	PA	All
		88	Stéphane Ratel^[12]	PA	All
		88	Mattia di Giusto	PA	All
KTM True Racing by Reiter Engineering^[13]	KTM X-Bow GT2	15	Nicolas Saelens^[14]	PA	All
		15	Štefan Rosina	PA	All
		16	Klaus Angerhofer	Am	All
		16	Sehdi Sarmini	Am	2–6
		17	Reinhard Kofler	PA	1–4
			Hubert Trunkenpolz		1–2, 4–6
			Martin Koch		3
			Dani Pedrosa^[15]		5
			Laura Kraihamer		6
		51	Alexandre Leroy	Am	6
		51	Bertrand Rouchaud	Am	6
CMR	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2	30	Georges Cabanne	Am	3, 6
CMR	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo GT2	30	Jean Paul Buffin	Am	6
Akkodis ASP Team^[16]	Mercedes-AMG GT2	61	Mauro Ricci	Am	2–6
		61	Benjamin Ricci	Am	2–6
		87	Jean-Luc Beaubelique^[17]	Am	4
			Christophe Bourret	Am	4
			Ludovic Badey	PA	5–6
			Jean-Luc Beaubelique	PA	5–6
RTR Projects^[18]	KTM X-Bow GT2	89	Jan Krabec	Am	All
MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried	KTM X-Bow GT2	812	Reinhard Kofler	PA	5–6
MZR Motorsportzentrum Ried	KTM X-Bow GT2	812	Martin Koch	PA	5–6
NM Racing Team^[19]	Mercedes-AMG GT2	888	Jakub Knoll	Am	6
NM Racing Team^[19]	Mercedes-AMG GT2	888	Stéphane Perrin	Am	6

Icon	Class
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup
INV	Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	1	Monza	No. 8 Iron Lynx	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 89 RTR Projects
	1		Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio	Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Jan Krabec
	R2		No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R2		Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 61 Akkodis ASP Team	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
	R1		Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 15 True Racing by Reiter Engineering	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R2		Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Nicolas Saelens Štefan Rosina	Jan Krabec
3	R1	Dijon	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 17 True Racing by Reiter Engineering	No. 911 Ebimotors
	R1		Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Martin Koch Reinhard Kofler	Leonardo Gorini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R2		Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
4	R1	Algarve	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 67 LP Racing	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
	R1		Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 18 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R2		Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Jan Krabec
5	R1	Valencia	No. 67 LP Racing	Akkodis ASP Team	No. 16 True Racing by Reiter Engineering
	R1		Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	Klaus Angerhofer Sehdi Sarmini
	R2		No. 67 LP Racing	No. 1 PK Carsport	Ebimotors
	R2		Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	Stienes Longin Peter Guelinckx	Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius
6	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 12 LP Racing	No. 87 AKKodis ASP Team	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R1		Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	Jan Krabec
	R2		No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried	No. 812 MZR Motorsportzentrum-Ried	No. 89 RTR Projects
	R2		Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler	Reinhard Kofler Martin KochKofler	Jan Krabec

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' championships

	Driver	Team	MON		RBR		DIJ		POR		VAL		LEC		Points
Pro-Am
1	Henry Hassid Anthony Beltoise	LP Racing	1	2	8	3	Ret	4	1	2	2	8	5	4	174
2	Reinhard Kofler	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	7	11	3	6	1	2	9	5	10	3	3	1	173
3	Peter Guelinckx Stienes Longin	PK Carsport	Ret	1	7	2	Ret	1	10	1	5	1	8	5	165
4	Štefan Rosina	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	4	8	2	1	3	6	6	3	4	Ret	4	2	165
5	Nicolas Saelens	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	4	8	2	1	3	6	6	3	4	Ret			132
6	Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci	Akkodis ASP Team			1	4	2	9	4	10	3	6	6	8	122
7	Stéphane Ratel Mattia di Giusto	LP Racing	3	Ret	11	7	6	8	2	6	6	5	9	6	110
8	Martin Koch	True Racing by Reiter Engineering					1	2			10	3	3	1	108
9	Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr	LP Racing	6	6	4	8	4	12	3	11			13	14	93
10	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	AKKodis ASP Team									1	2	1	3	83
11	Hubert Trunkenpolz	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	7	11	3	6			9	5	11	7			77
12	Christoph Breuer Marco Holzer	Manthey-Racing					5	3							25
13	Dani Pedrosa	True Racing by Reiter Engineering									11	7			12
*Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points*
-	Leonardo Gorini Luca Pirri	LP Racing											2	7	0
-	Gilles Vannelet	True Racing by Reiter Engineering											4	2	0
Am
1	Jan Krabec	RTR Projects	2	3	Ret	5	8	5	Ret	4	8	10	7	9	231
2	Klaus Angerhofer	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	10	4	5	9	10	10	5	9	7	9	11	11	216
3	Sehdi Sarmini	True Racing by Reiter Engineering			5	9	10	10	5	9	7	9	11	11	188
4	Leonardo Gorini	Ebimotors	5	DNS	6	12	7	7	7	7	9	11			154
5	Aurelijus Rusteika Mantas Janavicius	Ebimotors	8	9	10	11	9	11			Ret	4	12	12	132
6	Georges Cabanne	CMR					11	13					15	15	44
7	Jörg Viebahn Mario Plachutta	Haupt Racing Team			9	10									30
8	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Christophe Bourret	Akkodis ASP Team							8	8					30
9	Nicolas Gomar	Ebimotors			6	12									28
10	Jens Liebhauser Thomas Jackermeier	Fanatec by HRT	9	7											25
11	Christoph Breuer	Manthey-Racing	Ret	5											15
12	Donovan Privitelio Luciano Privitelio	Iron Lynx	Ret	10											9
*Guest Entries Ineligible to Score Points*
-	Jakub Knoll Stéphane Perrin	NM Racing Team											10	10	0
-	Alexandre Leroy Bertrand Rouchaud	True Racing by Reiter Engineering											14	13	0
-	Jean Paul Buffin	CMR											15	15	0
	Driver	Team	MON		RBR		DIJ		POR		VAL		LEC		Points

Bold - Pole positionItalics - Fastest lap

Notes:

– Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Notes and References

Web site: GT2 European Series Rings The Changes, Dijon & Portimao Added In Revised 2023 Calendar dailysportscar.com . 2023-03-18 . www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: 2023-02-27 . The third term - what's new for the Fanatec GT2 European Series in 2023? . 2023-03-17 . Fanatec GT2 European Series . en-GB.
Web site: 2023-04-17. PK Carsport Audi returns to defend Pro-Am crown. 2023-04-17. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: 2023-03-24. Ebimotors gathers all-new driver line-up for dual Am title assault. 2023-03-24. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: sportscarracingnews. 2023-05-23. GT2 European Series Ready for Red Bull Ring Return. 2023-05-27. Sportscar Racing News. en.
Web site: 26 May 2023 . LP Racing Audis take brace of Pro-Am poles, True Racing & RTR Projects share KTM Am Qualifying honours . GT2 European Series.
Web site: 2023-04-18. HRT to debut first race entry of the Mercedes-AMG GT2. 2023-04-18. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: Iron Lynx to make Fanatec GT2 European Series debut. 2023-04-18. Iron Lynx. 17 April 2023. en.
Web site: DSC's Daily Notebook (06/04/2023) dailysportscar.com. 2023-04-10. www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: Maserati GT2 Set For Race Debut Next Weekend. 2023-09-29. www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: DSC's Daily Notebook (17/04/2023) dailysportscar.com. 2023-04-17. www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: 2023-04-10. LP Racing confirms Ratel & Di Giusto for second Pro-Am Audi. 2023-04-10. Fanatec GT2 European Series . en-GB.
Web site: 2023-03-16. True Racing by Reiter Engineering confirms three-strong KTM squad. 2023-03-17. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: 2023-03-16. Saelens switches to KTM to defend Pro-Am title. 2023-03-17. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: Pedrosa To Compete In KTM GT2 At Valencia. 2023-09-07. www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: DSC's Daily Notebook (18/05/2023) dailysportscar.com. 2023-05-18. www.dailysportscar.com.
Web site: Plümer. Jonas. 2023-07-21. GT2 European Series: Akkodis ASP bringt zweiten Mercedes-AMG GT2. 2023-07-21. gt-place.com. de-CH.
Web site: 2023-04-12. RTR Projects confirms KTM X-BOW entry with Jan Krabec. 2023-04-12. Fanatec GT2 European Series. en-GB.
Web site: Plümer. Jonas. 2023-10-03. GT2 European Series: NM Racing Team debütiert. 2023-10-03. gt-place.com. de-CH.